Hippolyte Aucouturier
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Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finis
Aucouturier in 1903
Hippolyte Aucouturier on the Ballon d'Alsace 1906
1903 Tour de France
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The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L'Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L'Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km, and was
Hippolyte Aucouturier
…October 1876 – 22 April 1944) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother…
Maurice Garin, the winner of the 1903 Tour de France.
Café au Reveil Matin in Paris, 1903 Tour de France.
The finish of the first Tour.
The publicity after the first stage showed that Maurice Garin rode a bicycle from La Française